four or five things on a friday:
the “while ruby naps” edition. after a few unusual weeks (visitors, holidays, work travel), i am back to ruby fridays, and so, so happy about it! i think today’s adventures might include baby’s first trip to target.
yesterday i took an uber home from a dental appointment, and when i got in the car, my driver (a cool young dude) switched the music from whatever he had been listening to, to a dave matthews band channel. i am not sure what about me said “play me dmb, and dmb only!”, but he wasn’t wrong, per se.
i spent a few days last week in new york for work, and last weekend in california for a wedding, and while it was very difficult to be away from my baby girl (and stephen), it was also great to get to be my “old self” for a night or two. i haven’t seen my friends sans ruby more than twice since she was born, and i needed that. i came home refreshed and ready to get back into the business of being a mom, and with the desire to find a way to balance everything a little bit better. to that point, tonight i am going to art after dark tonight with my girl clare, and i am really looking forward to it.
as a white person, i have struggled to figure out how best to be an ally to my friends and neighbors during the second civil rights movement we are in the midst of. (this article about why white people say “all lives matter” really resonated with me.) while i vehemently oppose police brutality, and believe that our systems have a lot of work to do in order to become truly just, i don’t feel like i have the knowledge to debate these kinds of topics with people who disagree with me because i am currently coming from a point of emotion, and i want facts to back up my passion. though i am not currently in college (i wish i could have taken this class!), i think this black lives matter course syllabus is a great starting point for me to further educate myself through essays, books, and films.
on a related note, this election is starting to get scarier - i truly feel that donald trump has the capacity to fundamentally change our country (and our world) for the worse, with longer-lasting and further-reaching ramifications than most of us have yet considered. please promise me that a) you are registered to vote, and that b) when you go to the polls, you vote for more than just yourself. vote for women, for minorities, for the LGBT community, for children, for the disabled, for the poor, for veterans, and anyone else i am forgetting right now, but who deserve to be remembered by their politicians and peers. vote for the future. and please, please, do not vote for donald trump.
